The American Chemical Society (ACS) is committed to the health and safety of both humans and the environment in all operations of the chemical enterprise Regulations that support the protection of the ...

Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...

Two people stand in a laboratory in front of a closed fume hood; each is wearing goggles, a lab coat, and gloves and holds a box of nitrile rubber gloves. Evan Bailey and Caroline Gilmer were inspired ...

Adding to a run of student-led recycling programs at UC Santa Barbara, fourth-year undergraduate students Kaili Mikami and Lauren Buyalos are helping combat the rising tide of discarded plastics in ...

On average, from 2011 to 2021, academic labs generated around 4,300 metric tons of hazardous waste each year. One of the largest lab-used solvents discarded is dichloromethane and more than half of ...

Hazardous waste as defined by the EPA is waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to our health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, gases, or sludges. All hazardous ...

With expanding urban populations and evolving consumption patterns, cities are faced with challenges pertaining to waste management. Traditional approaches centered on collection and disposal ...

AIKEN, S.C. – EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have developed a system that improves protection for workers who handle and dispose of contaminated laboratory waste ...

Various types of wastes are generated in laboratories. Disposal of wastes is a responsibility of the laboratory generating the waste. Please review the USC High Hazard and Unknown Waste Minimization ...